First published on Tue 20 Apr 2021 12.43 EDT
The UK chancellor, Rishi Sunak, must radically overhaul the Treasury’s response to the climate crisis, reforming the department’s longstanding hostility to green spending and resetting its priorities, experts said.
The Treasury is poised to introduce its long-awaited review of the government’s net zero strategy, and its recommendations will help determine whether the UK meets stringent targets on greenhouse gas emissions in the next 15 years.
Boris Johnson has already agreed to accept tougher climate targets – a 78% cut in carbon compared with 1990 levels by 2035 – as advised by the Climate Change Committee in its sixth carbon budget last December.
What has COVID-19 taught us about decarbonized electricity grids?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum.
Author: Luis Badesa, Research Associate, Imperial College London & Goran Strbac, Professor of Electrical Energy Systems, Imperial College London
In early 2020, COVID-19 lockdowns led to reduced electricity demand around the world.
In Great Britain, the majority of the demand was covered by renewables, but this generation mix temporarily compromised the stability of the grid.
These insights into a future of decarbonized grids highlight the challenges we face but also how we might solve them.
National View: Keep rail projects on track for consumers, climate
From the column: Renewed political interest in railroads provides an excellent opportunity to support America’s transition to a more environmentally friendly transportation network.
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Oliver McPherson-Smith | ×
After a full year of lockdowns and social distancing, Americans are understandably eager to once again get back to work and travel this summer. With hopes that economic activity is set to roar back in the wake of the ongoing vaccination drive, last week the House subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held a hearing on how rail can meet America’s low-emissions transportation needs.
/EIN News/ London, April 15, 2021
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC
Virtual attendance and participation enabled for the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”)
Shareholders encouraged to vote in advance of the AGM, but voting is also enabled during the meeting
Board requests support for energy sector’s first shareholder advisory vote on an energy transition strategy
Today, Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) posted notice of its AGM (the “Notice”), which can be viewed and downloaded from
www.shell.com/agm. The Notice states that the AGM is scheduled to be held at Shell headquarters, at Carel van Bylandtlaan 16, 2596 HR, The Hague, The Netherlands at 10:00 (Dutch time) on Tuesday May 18, 2021.
April 19, 2021
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These Dutch cities will allow only zero-emission deliveries by 2025
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum.
Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content
If online deliveries continue with fossil-fuel trucks, emissions will increase by a third.
So cities in the Netherlands will allow only emission-free delivery vehicles after 2025.
The government is giving delivery firms cash help to buy or lease electric vehicles.
The bans will save 1 megaton of CO2 every year by 2030.